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The Mysterious Sinking of a Nuclear Submarine
The Soviet Union's K-129 submarine, which was carrying nuclear missiles, sank in the middle of the Cold War in 1968, and has remained a mystery ever since. The possibility of salvaging a nuclear warhead and the potential threat it posed to the United States makes it one of the most intriguing submarine disappearences in history.